27th Apr, 2018
You're new here! Lane-Pushing Games is a resource for the MOBA genre, and it contains a lot of information. This page is to help you get started navigating it.
If you were looking for some top reads, I would suggest these:
- Game Design: The Lane-Pushing Name — introduces the name of the website, and why it's used.
- Game Design: Armours and Resistances — a deep dive into game mechanics and systems design.
- Review: Water War — the first review I wrote, of a map with fascinating premise and potential.
- Review: Tides of Blood Part 1 and Part 2 — one of the most influential games in the genre, offering a totally different vision to what we see in the commercial space.
After that, there are another 50 or so articles which can be enjoyed in any order. I think the Reviews are best when read "oldest first" to minimise repetition of concepts.
If you are stuck and don't know what to read, write me on twitter or by email! I will be happy to point out articles that are relevant to your game or topic of interest.
Readers may also be interested in Crafting Causeway, where we discuss the design choices for Causeway — the game I'm working on.